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Duer 157099

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2. Why don't privacy laws cover this?

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 04:12 PM

Feb 2012

Nowadays people sign so many User Agreements with all kinds of legal jargon that they don't read, does that mean that those agreements could say things like "you agree to give your firstborn to the company" or some other such nonsense? Just because it is in the fine print does not make it legal.

What gives?

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Internet firms read your texts, emails, & even look at your pictures by spying thru smartphone apps [View all] snagglepuss Feb 2012 OP

Are smartphones so sucky that you can't get software to forcibly stop this? saras Feb 2012 #1

Sorry I'm next to clueless about computers. What do you mean people snagglepuss Feb 2012 #4

Why don't privacy laws cover this? Duer 157099 Feb 2012 #2

Yet another reason why I'm glad I don't own a Smart phone. n/t Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #3

Me niether. Stories like this remind me of the Twilight Zone snagglepuss Feb 2012 #5

The Daily Mail? Courtesy Flush Feb 2012 #6

Shooting the messenger is sooo intelligent. snagglepuss Feb 2012 #7

That's cool Courtesy Flush Feb 2012 #8